Good video! After trying repeatedly to do the Bose Amp Bypass with jumper wires, I decided to follow the diagram I found on Miata Forum and cut the wires behind the plug and connected them with butt connectors. The new Double DIN Pioneer works great!
Hi Dennis - good project - I have a 2009 NC Facelift and also ditched the Bose, going for a 2-DIN Pioneer naviceiver. I kept the original speakers, but bypassed the Bose amp. It's so much crisper and clearer. I have 800 CDs ripped to FLAC playing from a SD card or listen to digital radio. I'm no fan of Bose - to my ears it's too much signal processing and loss of fidelity (yes, I'm a hi-fi freak). You did well to document it on video. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Really late here, sorry. I have a 99 with the amp and original speakers still in but they are blown. Also, a few years ago I had a Boss double din headunit professionally installed. If I were to install some new speakers I got but without an amp (while still bypassing the Bose amp), do I need to do any wiring myself or will everything just "plug and play" directly?
Hey, i upgraded to a kenwood unit and it had a amplifier output so i was able to use that. Radio works great! Problem is that ground cable you pulled off the old stereo, i have no idea what to do with it, but now my cars kicking a cel i cant check cuz it killed power to my obd2 port. Any ideas? Im debating cutting the tab off the old radio and soldering it to my kenwoods ground but not sure if thats why my obd2 died
Try using a male spade connector with the ground wire coming from the new radio's hardness. It worked for me and I did not have to cut the OEM female spade ground wire at all!
@@dennisstafford108 That's good to know, thanks for the fast reply! I heard the Bose wiring setup has a different ohm impedance from most standard aftermarket speakers so I wasn't sure if I needed to buy some sort of adapter, etc. (Sorry if I've explained this badly, just started figuring this all out so getting my head around everything)
No, but if you are not you should use a line out converter to reduce interference and increase volume. I did not want to use the converter mentioned 30 seconds into the video
@@dennisstafford108 got it, thank you for the reply. Been doing a lot of research, thinking of going for either the pioneer Dmh-2660nex or Alpine Ilx-w650. How do you like your pioneer so far. What are your thoughts?
@@JoeBradyPhoto I connected them to the old Bose wires. I'm still using the stock Bose amp, the stock amp works decently but you can only turn up the volume so much before it starts distorting. I didn't install a new amp because it was too much trouble lol
@@dontmissthe_elevator Thanks for your reply! The issue I'm having is that I have no bass/mids from my speakers which makes me think the amp itself has blown. Not sure how I could test this without gaining access to the amp itself though, which looks like a PITA.
Toes out Bose out
HaHa!
Good video! After trying repeatedly to do the Bose Amp Bypass with jumper wires, I decided to follow the diagram I found on Miata Forum and cut the wires behind the plug and connected them with butt connectors. The new Double DIN Pioneer works great!
great tuto video + the music from the midnight ! spot on man !
Hi Dennis - good project - I have a 2009 NC Facelift and also ditched the Bose, going for a 2-DIN Pioneer naviceiver. I kept the original speakers, but bypassed the Bose amp. It's so much crisper and clearer. I have 800 CDs ripped to FLAC playing from a SD card or listen to digital radio.
I'm no fan of Bose - to my ears it's too much signal processing and loss of fidelity (yes, I'm a hi-fi freak). You did well to document it on video. All the best, Rob in Switzerland
Thank you! I have recently put the original speakers back, currently considering other options.
Good video, but thanks for playing the song @10:35. I never listened to The Midnight before watching your video, but I am a huge fan now.
thanks dennis. gonna do this now
I fucking love The Midnight bro absolutely love them!!!
Really late here, sorry. I have a 99 with the amp and original speakers still in but they are blown. Also, a few years ago I had a Boss double din headunit professionally installed. If I were to install some new speakers I got but without an amp (while still bypassing the Bose amp), do I need to do any wiring myself or will everything just "plug and play" directly?
Does anyone know what the black harness is near the antenna plug?
The Midnight, great Musik :)
What song is it at the Review 😅
Which song is it at the end?
Hello, i had bought my miata and i’m now replacing the radio in mine and i was wondering what kind of wire you used for the amp plug bypass
Just 18 gauge wire
What dash kit is that ?
Hey, i upgraded to a kenwood unit and it had a amplifier output so i was able to use that. Radio works great! Problem is that ground cable you pulled off the old stereo, i have no idea what to do with it, but now my cars kicking a cel i cant check cuz it killed power to my obd2 port. Any ideas? Im debating cutting the tab off the old radio and soldering it to my kenwoods ground but not sure if thats why my obd2 died
Sorry to hear, I am unsure on that one. But for sure you need your obd2 port to work
Try using a male spade connector with the ground wire coming from the new radio's hardness. It worked for me and I did not have to cut the OEM female spade ground wire at all!
Where did you get the doible dun holder for the screen to fill in the gaps?
Crutchfield
Thanks for the video! Did you use the original speaker wires?
Yes I did, no issues
@@dennisstafford108 That's good to know, thanks for the fast reply! I heard the Bose wiring setup has a different ohm impedance from most standard aftermarket speakers so I wasn't sure if I needed to buy some sort of adapter, etc. (Sorry if I've explained this badly, just started figuring this all out so getting my head around everything)
What harness who got it and where
helloo, is bypassing the bose amp necessary if im not replacing the bose speakers?
No, but if you are not you should use a line out converter to reduce interference and increase volume.
I did not want to use the converter mentioned 30 seconds into the video
@@dennisstafford108 you are awesome man thank you
Where do you get the parts?
Crutchfield
I would have dremeled the top screw hole into slots, so that then I could add 2 more screws down bellow.
I might try that!
Looking to do this, why do you need to splice into the parking brake wire? Thank you
You don’t have to , but on some head units certain features such as video will not work unless it detects the parking brake is on.
@@dennisstafford108 got it, thank you for the reply. Been doing a lot of research, thinking of going for either the pioneer Dmh-2660nex or Alpine Ilx-w650. How do you like your pioneer so far. What are your thoughts?
I just installed a radio in my mazdaspeed miata but i didnt do the bose jump thing, what is that for?
To bypass the Bose amp if you have the Bose system. Otherwise the volume would be very loud at low volume.
what speakers did you replace them with
also did you connect the new speakers to the old bose wires that ran through the doors? or did you run new speaker wire through it?
@@dontmissthe_elevator Did you ever find an answer to this? Having the same issue with mine.
@@JoeBradyPhoto I connected them to the old Bose wires. I'm still using the stock Bose amp, the stock amp works decently but you can only turn up the volume so much before it starts distorting. I didn't install a new amp because it was too much trouble lol
@@dontmissthe_elevator Thanks for your reply! The issue I'm having is that I have no bass/mids from my speakers which makes me think the amp itself has blown. Not sure how I could test this without gaining access to the amp itself though, which looks like a PITA.
@@JoeBradyPhoto hmmm yeah could be a ur amp giving you issues. Are you using an aftermarket head unit?
This looks pretty simple but the biggest pain the ass is unplugging the amp. Mine is stuck pretty heavily
Yeah. If I remember correctly I was able to grab it from the underside from the driver side footwell
@@dennisstafford108 do you remember if you had to push down on any tabs or did it just simply pull off?
@@MrTWINARMAGEDDON just pull it if I remember correctly